UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has warned Mark Zuckerberg and other Social Media magnates that their days might be numbered if they don’t comply with the Online Safety Bill she is working to get passed. The bill would make the social media platforms responsible for the illegal activity that takes place on its site, meaning the owners themselves could be arrested by the British police for crimes committed on their platform if the crimes take place in the UK.
The bill, if it becomes law, could effectivel end social media in Britain, as the cost to enforce your platform might be prohibitively expensive.
Social media bosses could face jail over UK’s new Online Safety Bill
From metro.co.uk
2022-02-07 09:45:35
Anugraha Sundaravelu
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Mark Zuckerberg could end up in jail if Facebook does not comply with new online safety laws, the UK Culture Secretary has warned.
Nadine Dorries warned that she was putting social media giants such as Facebook on notice with her Online Safety Bill which is supposed to force online giants to act on illegal content on its platforms.
On Friday, it was announced the long-awaited Bill had been strengthened with the addition of a number of new criminal offences to force social media firms to act on illegal content more quickly.
Offences such as revenge porn, hate crime, fraud, the sale of illegal drugs or weapons, the promotion or facilitation of suicide, people smuggling and sexual exploitation have been added to the list of priority offences that must be removed by platforms under the new rules.
